(2011 Best Book Finalist, Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards) Best known for his wry and incisive takes on American life and politics, Garry Trudeau is among the world's most widely read cartoonists. This gorgeous monograph, illustrated with 360 color reproductions and another 130 black and white drawings and photos, surveys Trudeau's career and his iconic creation, Doonesbury, from its first inklings in the Yale Daily News in 1968. Trudeau's work has been anthologized before, but this is the first book to assess the art of the comic strip and the ways that Trudeau's iconic style has evolved over the past four decades. Brian Walker (who organized the first major exhibition of Garry Trudeau's work, The Doonesbury Retrospective, at the Museum of Cartoon Art in 1983) sheds light on Trudeau's early influences as well as on his creative process, from research to pencil layouts to finished artwork. In addition to revealing how Doonesbury is crafted each week, the book examines Trudeau's magazine illustrations, posters, and product designs, as well as rare and previously unpublished works. Walker's historical text is accompanied by commentary from Trudeau and his collaborators.